The award winners of the 2023 BIRU image competition were announced on Tuesday 28 November at the annual Research Celebration. The joint winners of the visualisation and analysis category and overall winners and recipients of the Hilary Holloway Prize for best image were Vivi Sheppard and Caleb Paterson, two MEDSCI 300 students with their entry entitled 'Morphological Changes of the Aging Human Cerebroventricular System''.
Their winning entry utilised MR images to create 3D visualisations of the cerebral ventricular system using Amira software.The cerebral ventricular system is a cavity where cerebrospinal fluid is produced, acting mainly as a mechanical shock absorber for the brain and the spinal cord and as a part of the waste clearance system for the brain, known as the glymphatic system.
The photo to the left shows Caleb with the mounted print, basket of knowledge and trophy.
See the winning image here.
See all of the winnning entries and the highly commended awards
Thanks to everyone who submitted an image to the competition this year and congratulations to all of the winners.
